On the attacks in Paris

Some years ago I wrote about how street photography in Paris was illegal owing to exceptionally restrictive privacy laws and used the photo above of Le Ca Rillon to illustrate my point. I took that photo while waiting for my usual order of natin at the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge across the street, which I would take to eat along the nearby Canal St-Martin. I suppose there was nothing special about Le Ca Rillon except insofar as every terrasse in Paris has a certain bonhomie that is not found elsewhere. But a few days ago it, and Le Petit Cambodge, were strafed by machine gun fire and now, sadly, they look like this, a monument made of flowers and candles:

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Sean Rocha is a writer and photographer based in New York. He has lived in Hong Kong, Cairo and Paris and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Slate, Le Monde d'Hermès, Condé Nast Traveler, and read more...